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President JOHN TYLER - Free Frank Signature

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John Tyler (1790-1862) 10th President. 4 ¾" x 2 ½" postal cover free franked. The envelope has been addressed to "Miss Rebecca Jones…Richmond, Va," and has a cancellation from Norfolk, Virginia dated April 13, 1861. A semi-circle is drawn around Tyler's signature and written "Supposed to be the autograph of Ex Pres Tyler." The letter, which is included, was written and signed by "Nannie Tyler." It is 4 ½" x 7", four and one-third pages, Sherwood Forest, April 9, 1861. "…three of the children here have measles and two of the colored people, so that I am daily dreading Martha's breaking out with it, before I can get away. ... That is going on more now in Richmond. Though legislature has adjourned, and it is thought the convention will soon; and what will Virginia do? I wonder! We are in a terrible fix I think…." The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate forces attacked a Union military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

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